The Taylor 12 Fret is a Specialist Series Taylor with a unique designed that promotes a wonderful vintage vibe: as the name suggests the neck joins the body at the 12th Fret instead of the 14th, to compensate the bridge is pushed a little further back and the resulting tone is smooth and silky bass with a crisp top end.
- Body Shape: Grand Concert
- Top: Spruce
- Back and Sides:Mahogany
Here's what Taylor say about the Speciality Series
A new guitar voice offers a springboard to fresh musical creativity. Taylor’s Specialty guitars — a Baritone 6- and 8-string and a 12-Fret — incorporate unique design properties to give players expressive new possibilities. The GS baritones are tuned from B to B and feature a 27-inch scale length to give you a deep, rich voice, yet with normal string tension for a familiar playing experience. They’re a great option if you have a lower vocal range or favor a de-tuned guitar sound. The 8-string version adds two upper octave strings to give you extra shimmer without too much 12-string jangle. Expect incredible tonal range, rich melodies, and a great guitar for walking basslines. The Grand Concert 12-Fret features a different neck-to-body relationship — the neck meets the body at the 12th fret rather than the 14th — along with a shifted bridge location, creating a slightly warmer, sweeter, more “vintage” sound. For 2012, we’ve added a mahogany version of each model to join the original rosewood offerings, and the mahogany 12-Fret is paired with a cedar top rather than spruce. If you want to explore a different version of any of these models, you can always design your own custom Baritone or 12-Fret through our Build to Order program.
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